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Dear GEM, Please note that the telephone number for bookings of this conference is 01603 593199 (+441603 593199) and not as previously advised. With apologies for any inconvenience, Jenny Reddish On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 1:28 PM, Jenny Reddish <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Dear GEM, > > > The *World Art* journal and the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts are > delighted to announce a conference to mark the final weekend of the > spectacular *Masterpieces: Art and East Anglia* exhibition. Entitled > ‘Questioning the Masterpiece’, this event will bring together an > international and cutting-edge set of speakers from the UK, USA, France, > Turkey, Germany, Norway and Spain to tackle the concept of the masterpiece > and critically consider its possible meanings in the 21st century. UEA > academics are also well represented, including a paper from Professor > Emeritus John Onians on Neuroarthistory and the masterpiece. > > > > While the exhibition has focused on visual arts connected with East > Anglia, our conference broadens the net to such contexts as Pre-Columbian > art, the archaeology of Japan, Ottoman art and architecture, and Italian > Renaissance painting. We will consider issues of skill and craftsmanship, > reception and changing attitudes, structure and intention. After two days > of papers and discussions, there will be a more informal study day with > contributions from artists, thinking about what the idea of the masterpiece > might mean for their own creative practice. > > > > This conference represents an unmissable opportunity to hear a fantastic > set of speakers discuss and debate ‘the masterpiece’ in various contexts. > It will be of interest to academics (art historians, archaeologists, > anthropologists), artists, and the general public. > > > > > > *‘Questioning the Masterpiece' will be held from 20-22 February 2014 at > the Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts. Bookings can be made by contacting > the SCVA on 01603 591053 (+441603 591053 <%28%2B441603%20591053>).* > > *For general enquiries, please contact Jenny Reddish, conference > assistant, at [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>.* > > > > > > > > Take a look at the draft programme for Thursday and Friday below: > > > > *Thursday 20th February* > > > 10:15-10:30 Welcome and notices > > > 10:30-11:15 Paul Greenhalgh (Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts) > > Introduction: modernity, history and the > function of the masterpiece > > > > 11:15-12:00 Widar Halén (National Museum of Art, Architecture and > Design, Norway) > > (Norwegian art nouveau enamelwork - title TBC) > > > > 12:00-12:45 William Kynan-Wilson (University of Cambridge) > > ‘Simply painters of pots’: issues of style and > skill in Ottoman costume albums > > > > 12:45-13:15 End of morning discussion > > > > 13:15-14:15 Lunch > > > 14:15-15:00 Astrid Honold (Freie Universität Berlin) > > Marcel Duchamp: nothing but a masterpiece > > > > 15:00-15:45 Eva March (Pompeu Fabra University) > > The assessment of a masterpiece: the case of the Virgin of the > Councillors of the National Museum of Art, Catalonia > > > > 15:45-16:15 Margit Thøfner (UEA) > > A masterpiece for a king?: the organ of Our > Saviour’s Church in Copenhagen > > > > 16:15-16:30 Tea > > > 16:30-17:15 John Onians (UEA) > > The masterpiece: is it best understood as a > social or a neural phenomenon? > > > > > *Friday 21st February* > > > 10:00-10:45 Michael Kausch (University of Koblenz-Landau) > > The masterpiece as a question of structure and > values > > > > 10:45-11:30 Elisenda Vila Llonch (British Museum) and Miriam > Doutriaux (Dumbarton Oaks) > > Pre-Columbian artistic production; from > curiosity to masterpieces > > > > 11:30-12:15 Pascale Dubus (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne) > > The ‘ideal gallery’ of Gian Paolo Lomazzo in the *Trattato > dell’arte della pittura* > > (Paper to be delivered in French with interpreter) > > > > 12:15-12:45 Discussion > > > 12:45-13:45 Lunch > > > 13:45-14:30 Simon Kaner (Centre for Japanese Studies, UEA) > > The nature of ‘the masterpiece’ in Japan: from > prehistoric figurines to Living National > Treasures > > > > 14:30-15:15 Ahmet Sezgin (Bahçeşehir University) > > Selimiye as a masterpiece and marker of Turks’ > journey to the West > > > > 15:15-15.45 Sarah Monks (UEA) > > Joseph Stannard’s *Yarmouth Sands *(1829): the > civic role of a ‘masterpiece’ > > > > 15:45-16:00 Tea > > > 16:00-16:30 Panel discussion: artists Liz Rideal, Michael > Brennand-Wood and Lee Grandjean > > > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +